Solubility of niobium in the system CaCo3-Ca(OH)2-NaNbO3 at 0.1 GPa pressure

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-97

  Mitchell, Roger H ^a   Kjarsgaard, Bruce A ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; NIOBIUM; PEROVSKITE; PRESSURE; PYROCHLORE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0036819878     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-002-0384-3     Document Type: Article

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